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Motion
AI day-planning is creeping into the calendars themselves.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Google Calendar + Gemini and Reclaim.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $34/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI scheduling in native calendars. OpenAI, October 1, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Google Calendar + Gemini and Reclaim.ai.
- What the call is worth $408/yr
- $34/mo at the entry paid tier — $408 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- October 1, 2024
- List price
- $34/mo
- Per year
- $408
The backstory
Motion auto-schedules your tasks into your calendar. As Google and Microsoft add AI planning to their calendars, and assistants can arrange your day via MCP, the standalone auto-scheduler is under pressure — though its optimization engine still does something the natives don't, yet.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $408/yr G 
Google Calendar + Gemini Native scheduling help.
calendar.google.com open_in_new R 
Reclaim.ai Free tier for smart scheduling.
reclaim.ai open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.